Pea sheller



Aug. 27, 1940.

PEA SHELLER.

Filed oct. 4, 1959 A. FLANAGAN 2,212,637

STATES-f PEA SHELLER- `r Anthony Flanagan, Ardmore, Pa.

Y Application october 4, 1939,y serial` Ne. 297,796 '4 claims. (o1. 131).;3'0), v

This invention relates to an improved ltype of pea Sheller.

It is an object of this invention to provide .a

durable and inexpensive device, adapted for about in line with the point at which the flared portion 3 begins.

may befoldecl back `when the device is not in' use, Afjstop may be provided.` to prevent'rnovement ofthe `legsZ-I beyondproper open position. `In the drawing the portion 3 of' the" plate I household use, which will facilitate and expedite cooperatesvwith a right angle bend in the legs 5 the taskof shelling peas, asthe common green 2l"l tolforrna stop. The leg` I9 is shorter than pea, r l .theiegs 2.Iso `that the Sheller is positioned for The manner in which this and further objects vuse at an ,angle of .about 45"` to the horizontal. 1 l are accomplished will appear from` the follow-r 'The le gs"2I are connected byla brace 23,-Which ing description of a preferred embodiment of my convenientlywmay be provided with anotch` V2510 invention, read in connection with the accomj and removable cutting blade r21 angularly` dis- Danying drawing, in which: e lp'osdwitl'lirl` the notch', `for severing theends Figure` 1 is a perspective view `of a preferredffrom pe'aepod's pronto Athe shelling operation; embodiment of rnyinventiomV showing the manf Inusing the device, the operator takes ap;

l5 ner in which it is used; r f pod and first severs one end therefrom, either" by 15 Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly use of Ythe blade 2l `or otherwiseso as to formv'a in section, of the device shOwrl in Fig. 1,; and' `Small*C:Spenin'gjf'into the interiorof thepod. The` Figure 3 is va detail, plan View of aportionof 'pod is rthen guided `along the! portion "3 of plate t the device.4 l y c y y y, i, so Vthat point-l5 vis inserted in the "opening The pea Sheller is acoordance'withmy irlven-v justformedintheend of thepod, as'shownby so tion, as shownin the drawing, is providedA with the dotted lines in Fig. l, Ilheoperator .thenvbase plate I, curved in cross-'section through'-` moves'` the: vpod rearwardly along-'the member 9,4 out the greater part of its length, but flared outmaintainingl a gentle. downward pressure, andA as Wardly and downwardly at its forward end 3110 Ythe pod moves rearwardly the knife 5 splitsthe f` f 26 form an approach and guide for the pea-pod to 4pod', `which passes within the channel I'I, while be shelled. Secured to the upper (when the de.-` the neas arev freed from the pod byeither the" vice is in its normal position for use) surface of point :15er the walls i3'(at I4) and drop through the plate I is arelatively thin knife member 5v 'the openingll into thevnterior ofmember 9 positioned with its cutting edge '1, .which eX- whence they are discharged vthrough the open 30 tends at right angles to theplane *of the plate I,--

lower end Illv into. a vessel that `maybe placed"s there to receivethern.k

f AWhatlaim andydesi're to protect'A by Letters l l Y A guide and spreader 9, which 1n the conA struction shown in the drawing is formed from l a tubular member, is secured to the plate I, `but lis spaced therefrom at its forward end -bythe v 1.' In y a pea/gsheller, :a baseiplate, cutting i j Y `blade secured to the upper face ofs'aid baseV plate 1135 lwitl'i'itscutting-edge extending Isubstanti'allyfat knife 5 to which it is also secured. Thef'orward end` of the member 9 is cutaway at an acute angle, on the orderA of '30", to the .axis of the tube, to form an opening I'I bounded byside `walls i3 which converge downwardly and forwardly to a point I5. The edges of these walls as well as the point I5 are rounded and blunt.

The spreader il is secured in positionwith the opening II directly above the knife 5 and the the walls I3 ofmember S, roughly semiannular right angles thereto, ya tubular member having an "opening at one end thereof on a plane lying at an acute angle to its" axis, whereby `the walls` I.of the opening converge toa point, said'tubularV d()v i Y member beingpositioned upon saidcutting blade V and' parallelthe'retmwith the said .point spaced fromlsaid` base plate onlybyv the length of said *n 'cutting edge and positioned in 'rfyline with and. slightly forward of said vouting-edge.

2. In. a pea Sheller, abase plate, a cutting blade` secured `to" the upper face` of rsaid'lbase plate 'with .its cuttingedgev extendingpsubstan.-

ltially at'right angles thereto, a tubular lrnernber l 'i in vform but broadening at its forward end, andA having an `opening at oneend thereof von"a plane 50T v`lying',at `an',ang'leof about 30 to itsaxis, where-j 1 g by walls of the opening converge to afpoint, i f said tubularvmember being positioned vupon said "f cutting blade andp'arallel thereto, with thesaid l v points'paced froml said base plateonly by the-55 f interrupted at its lowest point by the knife 5.`

'For convenience in use the device may be mounted on a tripod formed by a rear leg I9,` secured to base plate I and a pair of front legs 2l pivotally secured to'the base I so that they length of said cutting edge and positioned in line with and slightly forward of said vcutting edge. l

i 3. In a pea sheller, a base plate, a guide memberhaving a base and a pair of diverging guide vanes extending upwardly therefrom, saidguide member being positioned with its base in Vspaced relation to said base plate, a cutting member positioned between said guide member and said base plate with its cutting edge bridging the spacev between the base 'of the guide member and the 

